Nance Plaza

Historical marker location:

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

( Marker is on North Kings Highway (Business U.S. 17) near Main Street (U.S. 501), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2000

The H.L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in combat, was built in South Carolina. The Hunley sank the Union ship USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor in 1864, but the submarine itself was lost at sea shortly after the attack.